Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Make your own comic strips with Strip Generator

Beyond sequencing: The future of musical instruments

Check out the 5 Pointz graffiti building in NYC

Walk2Web allows you to map your link journies online

The Economist makes a stand against DRM

Pairup is a social network for business travellers

Say hello to the Energy Tree

Operator11 allows you to become the star of your own show

Need a reminder or wake up call? Jamiemart has you covered

Business Week takes a look at the new face of Chinese architecture

Milk and Honey make clothes from Sydney

Say hello to the cassette wallet

Know any French start-ups? If so - please list them here

posted by olli @ 17:04  

Monday, April 30, 2007

Pitchfork interviews Bjork about her new album (which is an audio engineering masterpiece - FYI)

More Bjork: Boing Boing looks at Bjork's state-of-the-art performance systems at her Coachella show

Does virtual world advertising actually work?

At the end of the day - Is Apple really bad for design?

Say hello to Wakoopa - a social network for tracking software use

10 mistakes managers make during job interviews

John Reid is lobbying Apple and Sony for crime resistant gadgets

Kick Design have created a nice alternative version of the NYC transit map

More New York: 8 NYC bands you need to hear

Say hello to the Accessible Web Awards

Are e-books doomed to fail in the marketplace?

The Guardian on Melbourne's new Southern Cross rail station

Who is MySpace suing these days and why?

We got some more simplehuman goodies over the weekend. Their products are fantastic

posted by olli @ 21:24  

Friday, April 27, 2007

Save your pennies: Optimus Keyboards launches 30 November for US$1536

The New York Subway Graphic Standards Manual from 1970

Joost signs on major advertisers

Workhack is an electronic to-do list

We Love Magazines is a book about Magazines

This is a typographic map of London

Elektra is an electronic music festival taking places on 9-13 May in Montreal

Jean Nouvel designs a pretty amazing building in Doha

Ten tips on writing project proposals

ArtsMonitor is an art and design news feed aggregator

How to monitor an election with SMS

The snob appeal of tap water

Multi-tasking is as bad as procrastinating

Keep your eyes on a great idea: Oxford Geek Nights

posted by olli @ 07:51  

Thursday, April 26, 2007

MTV caves to audience complaints and re-designs. Again

Are carriers killing mobile innovation?

Talk to strangers with this interactive bus ad from Vancouver

6 ways Twitter can make you money

It's not a re-design. It's a Fark re-design

Say "NO!" to online photos with the FlickrBlockr

Have you ever thought about declaring email bankruptcy?

Iconfinder is a search engine for icons

What was so special about the Hacinenda's party people?

Oooms make interesting products from the Netherlands

Say hello to Afro Coffee

Other Music lauches an online store

posted by olli @ 07:52  

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Create your own news site with Newsvine

SuTree offers how-to's and video lessons online

Live in British Columbia? Now you can track your ferries in real time

Scientists have broken the speed record on Internet2 twice in two days

Take the A List Apart web design survey

Why the TV show Heroes raises the bar for multiplatform media

Ideas on Ideas asks - "Are you focused enough?"

30 architects discuss New York's future

London then, London now via Flickr

Is a subscription service to Apple's iTunes inevitable?

Passchal bags are made from used inner tubes

The surfers guide to the Web TV galaxy (not THAT WebTV)

posted by olli @ 08:22  

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Where are America's bloggiest neighbourhoods?

ArtFlock lets you buy, browse and sell art

Is "coworking" the way of the future?

Reuters discussed the new trend of music-based games

Say hello to Canada's newly re-designed Globe And Mail newspaper

Also - The Guardian examines the newly re-designed Sky News website

Where people carry their mobile phones and why

More on that front: Google says out its mobile user experience strategy

Check out Will Alsops plan for Middlehaven, UK

A case study for the re-design of Simply Fired

Have you seen Craig Newmarks birdwatcher yet?

Thinking For A Living offers great resources for the designer

Say hello to Buyyourfriendadrink.com

posted by olli @ 22:00  

Monday, April 23, 2007

SpecialTen TV has a brilliant documentary on The Pirate Bay for you to see

8Hands is a cool new social network statistic aggregator

Say hello to MuteVJ - an open source VJ system

The NY Times takes a look at Twitter

Who's more powerful? Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?

On that note: "I'd rather be Microsoft than Yahoo!"

Discover Magazine tries to map the bloggosphere

Top ten lies of venture capitalists

Top ten lies of web startups

Pol Oxygen has a round-up of the 2007 Milan Design Week

Got a Prius? Live in California? You might want to keep an eye on your HOV sticker

Six reasons to do a paper to-do list today

posted by olli @ 15:45  

Friday, April 20, 2007

35 designers asked 5 questions

Microsoft says Apple's iPhone is "irrelevant"

"Remove the web developer and the web gets developed"

Are blogs the new resume? (If so, we're in trouble...)

Design & Life is a design magazine

Who Is Sick tracks the ill in your neighbourhood

37 Signals interviews Henrik Fisker on the art of designing automobiles

Google now allowing you to search without a query

Pingsta is a social network aimed at "Interwork Experts"

How are RSS feeds affecting the mainstream media?

Slart is a magazine about design in Second Life

This is a simplified guide to Architect's fees in Austria and Germany

posted by olli @ 06:48  

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Some highlights from the Future of Web Design conference

Mowser is a command line browser for your mobile phone

Do you think gaming has been disasterous for Microsoft?

Here's a quick round-up from the Web 2.0 Expo

Moo releases a new product: Notecards. Yay!

Listening to Words finds free lectures for you on the web

What does Google think you look like?

How to build accessible Web 2.0 applications

Four tips to make a bad job good

Say hello to the Top 100 Australian blogs index

Say hello to Open Medicine Canada

These are strange maps of the world

Variety on how shooting on digital is changing how actors act

posted by olli @ 08:07  

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Hi All,

No posts from the webosphere today as we'll be running around the 2007 Future Of Web Design conference here in London.



But we'll be back tomorrow with the usual mix of links and interesting things to talk about.

If you're attending, come say hello.

Keep it spooky,

Olli

posted by olli @ 07:15  

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

last.fm and Pandora lose appeal on streaming royalty hikes

Say hello to Apollo - Adobe's new media player

Fast food ads versus reality

Five reasons to turn down a potential client

Map Magazine is from Miami

Make Internet TV is a great site for the budding videographer

A gallery of brands currently found in Second Life

The new US Passport is a nice exercise in graphic design

What are the top social networks on the Internet?

How not to write a science book

Tyler Brule on Tokyo's new urbanism

The City of London to become Europe's biggest wi-fi hotspot

Uniqlo making t-shirts in a can

posted by olli @ 07:22  

Monday, April 16, 2007

Welcome to Sao Paulo, where men are men and advertising agencies are very, very nervous

This is a live Twitter blog feed from the Web 2.0 expo

The 12 breeds of client and how to work for them

Say hello to a watch made from the remains of the Titanic

Guruger is a new social network - think last.fm type shared music playlists

Are you crazy or just have crazy ideas? If so - Google would like to speak to you

Why Apple is America's best retailer

Normal Room is a showcase of ordinary people's houses and interior design

Who are the ten most successful Web 2.0 startups to date?

The NYTimes on how automobiles are marketed towards gay consumers

Where are all the Australian start-ups?

A history of buttons in every-day devices

What's the best song by the worst band?

posted by olli @ 08:07  

Friday, April 13, 2007

Rolling Stone magazine looks set to launch its own social network

Are you on Linkedin? You might want to check out Visible Path as well

The release of Apple's Leopard OS is delayed until autumn due to iPhone integration

More from Apple: Are they mulling over introducing an iTunes subscription model?

Say hello to the Cthulu iPod cozy courtesy of Something Awful

Is this the future of video advertising and search on the net?

This is the proper way to create a "Help" menu in your software application

Joost strikes a deal with CBS

Say hello to Seiko's electronic ink watch concept

VodPod launches an architecture channel of video podcasts

FUSShop offers you cool clothing, toys and more

Atten.tv is a new concept in broadband television

The Guardian have launched a radio station online

A quick reference on writing for search engines

posted by olli @ 07:45  

Thursday, April 12, 2007

At long last - check out the OLPC "Sugar" user interface

37 Signals on reigning in the recruiters

More Twitter fun: Twitter vs. Apollo Camp

Stanford tells us what users really do on the internet

YouTube launches a political forum - say hello to Spotlight

Apple Tells Vloggers: "Fix Your Videos"

McAfee maps the malware web

25 easy code snippets for web designers

How to design a backpack

TA KE HA RA is a .pdf magazine

Eyemags allows users to create their own mobile magazines

Why it sucks to be an industrial designer

posted by olli @ 07:48  

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Yahoo! China launches a MySpace clone

Does Web 2.0 herald the death of the network engineer?

Interesting story about how a city wide wi-fi system is failing

Seems like details of the Zune 2.0 have been leaked

Everything you need to know about Nokia's N95

TapeDeck caters to the audio cassette fetishist in you

Idiomag is an interesting music magazine that you create

The New Yorker offers an e-mail style guide

Hitotoki wants you to submit your thoughts on Tokyo

Say hello to the Design + Prototyping Symposium - NYC / 23rd May

Mouseprice looks at home prices across the UK

BMI projects a downturn in ringtone sales in 2007

Mapping Modernism and Postmodernism

posted by olli @ 07:51  

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The Ass Kisser Project is a really great ad

50 affordable items by famous designers

Say hello to the Twitterverse

What's the most important thing a startup must have to reach mainstream?

Ars Technica weighs in on the blogging code of conduct debate

Are these the strangest music videos of all time?

California Toyota Prius owners can now hack thier cars courtesy of PG&E

Say hello to Lucifer - an auto match igniter

MyQuire is a social network aimed at bring productive

Guy Kawasaki on Linkedin and asshole bosses

VodPod is a video feed social network

How to knock a Top 40 band off iTunes by recording a demo in your friends bedroom

Can you really stream iTunes to your mobile phone?

posted by olli @ 20:59  

Monday, April 9, 2007

Crazy Egg is a tool to measure website usability

Yahoo! launches its own product to compete with the iPod and the Zune

"Why Apple wants freedom to cost a little bit more"

Pigs flying, hell freezing and Microsoft removing DRM from the Zune store

Say hello to the new XBOX 360 QWERTY controller

The history of the Sopranos in 7 seconds

A graphical dissertation on Mims' "This Is Why I'm Hot" single

Information Station is a design blog from Otago University

Hitwise looks at the demographics of blog visitors in the UK

How robots are now entering the bricklaying business

Why do we still have an overwhelming amount of design flops?

Business Week offers you The CEO's guide to technology

posted by olli @ 11:02  

Friday, April 6, 2007

Commercials are killing our childhood!

Postful sends snail mail from email

Speaking of which - people don't scroll...emails

File under awesome: A mobile phone concept from a 15 year old

Gantz Graf redux - these ferrofluid sculptures dance to music

Wattpad lets you read books on your mobile phone

Marketing in Second Life doesn't work

4000 flashmobbers hit Victoria station for an impromptu rave

Superuse creates art out of recycled objects

Get Them Laid helps out the single people in your life

Create your own city with City Creator

Say hello to Piero Lissoni and Marc Krusin's new office design for Knoll

You're not really a geek until you wear the 8-bit tie

The Guardian takes a look at the changing face of ticket touts

posted by olli @ 07:57  

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Say hello to London pedestrian route maps

Mozilla gets into the social networking game with Coop

What's the Washington Post's new loyalty scheme all about?

Say hello to Ikea's pre-fab housing product

What makes a great logo?

Metrics 2.0 examines how much content Americans downloaded in 2006

Mimoco make cool art toy USB flash drives

Are these the maps of Second Life?

HP to launch a new brand this year

Double-Click is setting up an exchange for digital ads

Anyone fancy Joy Division trainers by New Balance?

The five most annoying banner ads on the internet

How to build a pyramid

posted by olli @ 12:57  

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Agency Plaza helps clients decide on a digital agency

Read/WriteWeb examines the Apple/EMI DRM deal

Hacking the LCD subway billboards in NYC with Pixelator

Say hello to P2P banking with Zopa

Create your own mobile network with Sonopia

The Wall Street Journal on what airlines are planning for in-flight wi-fi

Information Architects Japan has a great blog you should read

Danish IRS lures tax evaders with job postings

10 cool things you can do with mixed media RSS feeds

Peter Dekkers turns lunch sandwiches into cool creatures

These are the winners of the 2007 type directors club

Be very afraid - Major label A&R departments now social networks

MagCulture is a blog about magazine design

posted by olli @ 21:06  

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

The good design checklist

Think the Web is killing TV? Think again

The 10 ugliest men in Heavy Metal history

Facebook releases its Thrift code for developers

Buro North is from Melbourne

This is a free ransom note generator

Koloroo makes widgets for the iPod. Yes. iPod

Nokia Review reviews most makes and models of Nokia mobile phones

WTF CNN?!

You'll never look at "I Heart Huckabees" the same way after watching this

Form Fifty Five is a design blog

What's the little typeface that leaves a big mark?

Studio Kanna make beautiful packaging design from Tokyo

posted by olli @ 15:08